Clive Thompson follows up his article about the end of days at Asheron's Call with a quick post showing an image of the last moments and some painfully geeky lost quotes from gamers.

I still remember the end of the Ultima Online beta. There was plenty of warning so people had time to do a lot of goofy stuff. I ended up leading a rebel army against Lord British's castle, which was a lot of fun. To make things interesting I got everyone to dye their clothes yellow and then we marched across the countryside. By the time we got to town we were so large the guards couldn't handle us. Although I managed to get inside the castle, but I found it empty. It wasn't until months later, in the real game, that someone managed to off the tyrannical Lord British.

Why is it that certain knowledge of Armageddon gets people to behave so badly? Why not just go about your routine, or run around doing nice things? Has anyone else experienced the end of a virtual world? Post away.

The final words as Asheron's Call dies [Collision Detection]

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